Tag Archives: U.S. District Court – Eastern District

Although an employee who worked less than 30 hours per week was not eligible for life insurance as an employee benefit, the employer breached its ERISA fiduciary duty when it enrolled the employee and deducted premiums from his paycheck for ...

A pro se plaintiff who defaulted on her mortgage payments cannot forestall foreclosure on her home with allegations that defendants have engaged in unfair and deceptive lending practices in violation of the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate ...

In this contract dispute between a Barbadian dolomite supplier suing a glass manufacturer for refusing to accept or pay for part of a shipment of dolomite from a Spanish quarry, the Norfolk U.S. District Court says jurisdiction would be proper ...

The owner of a fishing boat, the Little Judy, that ran into a rock jetty near the entrance to Little Creek in Norfolk and was destroyed before the owner could comply with a Coast Guard order directing a marine survey ...

A property owner who disputed the width of defendant natural gas company’s easement and refused to allow cutting of trees on the property to widen the easement may sue the company for trespass for coming onto the property and performing ...

In this negligence action filed by a man who uses a motorized wheelchair because of his muscular dystrophy, and who alleges that because defendant hotel provided too few handicapped parking spaces, he had to navigate over a raised concrete lip ...

Rail carrier CSX Transportation Inc. is liable for the full $550,000 in damage to a $1.3 million electrical transformer shipped from St. Louis to Pittsburgh, and the district court erred in holding that the parties had limited CSX’s potential liability ...

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses relator’s remaining False Claims Act counts against alleged coconspirators who purportedly defrauded the government on contracts to employ severely disabled workers, in the wake of a government settlement with relator on his FCA claims ...

A defendant government contractor for the Defense Intelligence Agency wins summary judgment in this suit filed by an applicant for a job as a DIA linguist who alleges the contractor violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act when it did not ...

A Social Security claimant had no credible reasons for missing the extended deadline to file his civil suit challenging a denial of benefits, and the Richmond U.S. District Court denies his request for relief. The court’s ultimate decision has nothing ...